Sunday outage knocks out power for 5,500 in Conroe

Published 7:00 pm, Sunday, August 10, 2008

Conroe residents lost power to their homes and businesses for an hour Sunday morning when a power capacitor malfunctioned, Entergy officials said.

The power went out around 10:30 a.m., affecting approximately 5,510 customers.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and Conroe Police Department dispatch lines were not affected in the outage, nor was the 9-1-1 calling system, but Conroe Regional Medical Center’s backup power system went into effect.

Entergy spokesman Mike Rodgers said the problem with the capacitor was quickly solved.

“A capacitor was rising to the proper level of voltage, but something happened and it failed,” he said. “We dispatched a crew and had the power on an hour later.”